For the OCI scheduling page for each firm that shows what times students are interviewing at, what happens when there are 2 students under a given time? Do they interview together or are there 2 interviewers that come down and are in separate rooms?

anyone know how safe the waiting area is? i figure it will just be us sitting in the area but want to know if its cool if i bring my laptop/bag with me and leave it there while i go to the rooms. similar to the library.

dreakol wrote:anyone know how safe the waiting area is? i figure it will just be us sitting in the area but want to know if its cool if i bring my laptop/bag with me and leave it there while i go to the rooms. similar to the library.

Should be safe, there's always people in there including the career services people. I left stuff in there and there was no problem. No one else goes in there besides OCI people

As an incoming student, should I have access to the intranet yet, or is there some separate username/password combo given out around orientation that's different from the enterpriseID/password for other stuff?

anybody want to keep track of callbacks as they happen? i can confirm Taft Stettinius Hollister (indy) made callbacks wed night after their interviews. anybody else heard things yet? the cso email suggests a lot have been given out already.

adammac17 wrote:anybody want to keep track of callbacks as they happen? i can confirm Taft Stettinius Hollister (indy) made callbacks wed night after their interviews. anybody else heard things yet? the cso email suggests a lot have been given out already.

if we are to do this, we should do it in the employment forum so people can poast anonymously and not hog this thread

with that said, i can confirm schiff hardin + seigfreid bingham (KC) have given call backs out and jones day and edelson mcquire (spelling?) have started to ding people

Can you copy/paste from your outline into ExamSoft if the prof allows open everything, or is this a class-by-class sort of thing? Specifically, crim with Ross.

I don't know anything about Ross specifically but if it is open everything then yes you can copy and paste. The problem is Exam Soft's copy and paste sucks. You can't just ctrl v. You have to have both windows open next to each other (the exam and the outline or whatever you want to copy from) then you have to select the text and drag it into the exam window. Sometimes it's just not worth the effort. I did it in the open everything exams I took and in some cases it's helpful.

They usually send out an email with the copy and paste instructions as it gets closer to exam time. Definitely experiment with doing it before exam day

Did any 2/3Ls happen to have Moore for Con Law, Brubaker for Ks, or Wasserman for Torts? I found it helpful to check profs' online posted exams early last semester to see what they test, but none of them have posted any.

tmon wrote:Did any 2/3Ls happen to have Moore for Con Law, Brubaker for Ks, or Wasserman for Torts? I found it helpful to check profs' online posted exams early last semester to see what they test, but none of them have posted any.

I had Wasserman for Torts. If I remember correctly, it was what I think about as a standard issue spotter. A few long scenarios with open ended "who can sue who and likelihood of success" prompts.

She will give you sample questions throughout the semester and a full sample exam at the end I believe.

I have a pretty bad-ass outline/flowchart thing I put together. Can't guarantee it will be helpful to you, but send me a PM if you want it (this goes for any other 1Ls too).

Also, I think I have the emmanual flash cards for torts that I would let go for cheap if you're interested. Can't rely on them completely, but I found them helpful just for the examples and stuff.

tmon wrote:So, any Illinois-specific OCI or pre-OCI advice? Is mass mailing (emailing?) a good idea at some point in the summer?

Obviously there are lots of factors, but can anyone estimate average numbers of OCI interviews/callbacks/offers for someone in the top third?

Top third? It might be tough. Are you on a journal? My year, those of us within the top 10% or top 15% (plus IP folks) had upwards of 25 interviews each. Those outside of the top 15% but still with decent grades got a handful. People under 25%? I don't know that they got more than one or two total OCI interviews...Such is the life at a 100% pre-select school (which means the firms get to pick EVERYONE they interview based only on grades/resume/coverletter or some combination of the three.)

The takeaway for you: Mass mail like a fiend. Write to every single firm you would even remotely consider in every single market you would even conceivably think of.